MKVToolNix
 | |
 mkvmerge GUI v5.7.0, a component of MKVToolNix, showing its "Global" tab | |
| Developer(s) | Moritz Bunkus |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 30 April 2003 |
| Stable release | 18.0.0
/ 18 November 2017 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++, build system: Ruby (MKVToolNix-GUI wxWidgets[1]) |
| Operating system | BSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows and OpenIndiana |
| Size | ~20 MB |
| Standard(s) | Matroska |
| Available in | 19 languages: list |
| Type | Multimedia software (container format manipulation) |
| License | GPLv2 |
| Website | mkvtoolnix |
MKVToolNix is a collection of tools for the Matroska media container format by Moritz Bunkus including mkvmerge. The free and open source Matroska libraries and tools are available for various platforms including Linux and BSD distributions, macOS and Microsoft Windows. The tools can be also downloaded from video software distributors[2][3][4][5] and FOSS repositories.[6]
Applications
MKVToolNix was reviewed by the Linux Journal, Linux Format, the ICTE Journal, and Softpedia among others.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] The tools are cited in patents for a "Universal container for audio data".[14] A "portable" Windows edition exists, but is not yet[update] available in the PortableApps format.[15]
Components
- MKVToolNix GUI
- is a Qt GUI for mkvmerge and a successor of mmg.
- mkvmerge
- merges multimedia streams into a Matroska file.[16]
- mkvinfo
- lists all elements contained in a Matroska file.
- mkvextract
- extracts specific parts from a Matroska file to other formats.
- mkvpropedit
- allows to analyze and modify some Matroska file properties.
See also
- Converting video on Wikimedia Commons
- DivX
- Ogg
- Open source codecs and containers
- WebM uses the Matroska format
References
- ^ "Debian -- Details of package mkvtoolnix-gui in jessie". Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ^ "MKVToolnix". videohelp.com. 2015.
- ^ "Downloads for Windows". matroska.org. 2011. sec. Editors. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
- ^ "MKVToolnix". digital digest. 2015.
- ^ "MKVToolnix". free-codecs.com. 2015.
- ^ FOSShub (2015-01-05). "MKVToolNix". Retrieved 2015-02-08.
This is a must-have software if you work with MKV files.
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Nick Veitch (February 2011). "Video tools. MKVToolNix" (PDF). Linux Format (141). Future plc: 77. ISSN 1470-4234.
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Mike Saunders (Christmas 2012). "Video file creator. MKVToolNix" (PDF). Linux Format (165). Future plc: 68. ISSN 1470-4234.
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Richard Smedley (April 2014). "Video and audio file utilities. MKVToolNix" (PDF). Linux Format (182). Future plc: 67. ISSN 1470-4234.
they're pretty robust, but continue to get incremental improvement and feature updates with fairly regular point releases.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ D. Bartholomew (2008). "Reviews: The popcorn hour a-100". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ A. Oujezdský (2014). "Creation of educational video tutorials and their use in education" (PDF). ICTE Journal. p. 28.
- ^ Silviu Stahie (2015-01-05). "Merge, Split, and Convert MKV Files with MKVToolNix". Softpedia Linux blog. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
- ^ Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey (2011-03-29). Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools. Elsevier. ch. 8 "File Analysis". ISBN 1597495875.
- ^ US patent 8494866, William G. Stewart; James E. McCartney & Douglas S. Wyatt, "Universal container for audio data", published 2013-07-23, assigned to Apple Inc.
- ^ darksabre76 (2013-01-21). "MKVToolNix Portable 7.1.0 Dev Test 1". PortableApps.com. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Moritz Bunkus (2015). "mkvmerge -- Merge multimedia streams into a Matroska™ file". mkvtoolnix. Retrieved 2015-02-06.